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Starting the Selke Biodynamic
Cherry Tomato,
Elm Street Early, or RC Ratatouille Seeds
The seeds should be placed on the surface soil of pots of organic potting soil (the pots should be at least 4” high by 4” wide). DO NOT USE PEAT OR PEAT POTS! Place 3 seeds on the soil of 6 pots (extra seeds should be placed in same 6 pots). After seeds have been put on the surface soil of pots, water the seeds with unchlorinated water - water left in direct sunlight for an hour or two loses its chlorination. After watering seeds, make sure they are about 1" from each other on soil surface. Next, cover the seeds with about 1/2” of organic potting soil and water again. You never water with anything but unchlorinated water! Keep pots covered, moist but not drenched, in a warm (about 80°), dark place until first seed germinates in one of the pots. After a seed germinates, the rest will follow. Place pots in a warm, sunny window. The window should get at least 5 or more hours of direct sunlight a day. A morning sun is much better than an afternoon sun! After plants are about 1” high, thin to best looking plant, closest to the center of the pot. The plant closest to the center will have the most room to develop. When you water these plants (always with unchlorinated water) make sure that no water gets on the leaves, but water at base of the plant - where soil meets stem.
Building an Organic Tomato Hill for the Selke
Biodynamic Cherry Tomato,
Elm Street Early, or RC Ratatouille Plant
Dig a hole 2’ deep by 3’ round. Build tomato hill by layering 6” - 12" organic refuse (table scraps animal manures, weeds, grass clippings or anything that comes from a plant or animal) with 2" - 3" of soil - for every inch of soil at least 2 - 3 inches of compost. Layer soil and compost (organic refuse) in alternate layers until hill is about 3 feet above ground level. The hill can be built immediately or over a period of time. When you transplant tomato plant bury about 2/3 to 3/4 of the plant in the center of the hill. Always water around plant roots with unchlorinated water. NEVER WATER LEAVES OF A TOMATO PLANT! Water enough so the hill is always moist - up to five gallons a day in dry weather. Continue to throw table scraps and manure on hill during the summer and cover refuse with soil, leaves or grass clippings. The more garbage/manure, the larger the plant. You can cut suckers off the plant and use them as mulch. If animals will be a problem, fence hill in, or bury meat/bones deep enough that animals won’t smell them. DO NOT add meat or bones to the hill after the plant is in the ground. MULCH HEAVILY!
Biodynamic Agriculture Science is the realization and utilization of the ancient wisdom that all plant life is a result of heavenly activity. Sun, moon, stars and planets make plants in their earthly image. We hope the Selke Biodynamic Cherry Tomato Plant will create enough attention in your community to bring this lost wisdom back into the service of humanity. This plant and its seeds demonstrate that life comes from the heavens and genetics are only the result of heavenly activity.
Please call with any questions you have after reading the directions. You can reach us between 7:00 PM and 9:00 PM Eastern Standard Time, Monday through Friday at (814) 362-5394.
For information on the biodynamic preparations and Stella Natura Planting Calendar we used to calculate planting dates call: Hugh Courtney at (276) 930-2463.
Copyright © 1995 L.A. Rotheraine